Lifter-guard for lodged grain.



Patented 12, 1918.

r. A. BLocKl.

LIFTER GUARD FOR LODGE!) GRAIN. 'APPLcAnoN man 1AN.19.|911. 1,258,740.

153 Zfm2/W7 M yzyof'fcegs.

FRANK A.' BLooK'I, or -SHEBQYGAL'L wisconsin.'

Lrr'rnrteuA-nn son Lonenn enana.

Applicationz'ledJanuary 19, 1917. :Serial No. 143,218.

To all whom t mag/concern:

-Be it known .that I, FRANK A. BLoeKr, ak citizen of the United States,and resident/of Sheboygan, Vin `the county of- Sheboygan .and State ofVi-sconsin, ,have inventednew and useful Improvements in Lifter-.Guardsfor Lodged Grain, .of which the .following is a description, reference-beinghad to the accompanying drawings, which are apart of thisspecification. Y The invention relates to attachments for harvestingmachines, more particularly for a binder.

The invention is more particularly `designed to provide an attachmentfor `a binder, to cause theA grain or other .growing vcrop to be movedin proper position yforthe cutter. j

One object of the invention is to provide an attachmentwhich be readilyattached to any well-known type of binder by meanszofa-bolt'-whichsecures the attachment and finger-guard to the cutterbar,.and one in which the supporting bar may Vbe readily adjusted tofinger-guards of various sizes.

A further object of the invention is to provide a lifting bar which isyieldingly `mounted on its support so that said bar may readilyaccommodate itself to dierent conditions of soil over which the binderruns.

The invention further consists in the several features hereinafter setforth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a View of the device embodying the invention connected tothe fingerguard of the cutting mechanism, parts being broken away andparts being shown in sec.

tion;

Fig. 2 is a plan view showing the attachments in place.

The drawings show a well-known form of cutting mechanism comprising alongitudinally extending angled frame member 3 to which thefinger-guards 4 are connected by bolts 5, the cutter blade beingreciprocally mounted on said lingers to cooperate therewith in cuttinggrain or other material.

'Ihe attachment comprises a support and connecting member, a lifting bar7, and means for yieldingly connecting said bar to Said support.

The support consists of a two-part member consisting of parts 8 and 9,and means for adjusting theposition said parts respect toeach other forconnecting. the-:attachment .to finger-.guards ofivarious-lengtli's.Thep'art vS-consists .of a flat bar-havlngan v'angled `end 10 providedwith 1an aperture through' lwhich the .usual bolt '5 connecting the'finger to .the .cutter frame passes, said bolt thus securing said. partwith said'inger to the frame. rl'he `part 9 consists of .aziiat barAhaving anangled frontend llvforming an `eye 12and havingits rearportionoverlapping .the vfront portion-,of the part 8, said part-9 having `anangled bracket 13 secured l thereto and provided with an aperture .14for receiving the'pointed-end 15 -of `thje iinger guard 4. f v Irllherineans for adjustinglthe parts Sand 9 with respect to each other4may be of any suitable construction .though for this Vpur.-

pose I prefer to yarrange said .parts .in -overlapping relation'andprovide a removable bolt 16 forpassing throughany .oneofalined.apertures 17 and 18 in said parts 8 and 9 respectively. By means ofthis two-part adjustable support I am able to adjust said parts so thatthe apertured bracket 13 will engage the front end of finger 15 and therear end of the support be secured to the rear end of the finger 4, eventhough said fingers vary in length.

The lifting bar 7 consists of a flat metal bar having aY pointedldividing end 19, a c urved shoe portion 20 and a shank portion 21.

lhe means for yieldingly connecting the lifting bar to the supportcomprises a bracket 22 secured to the shank 21 and having dependingsides 23each provided with an aperture through which a pivot bolt 24passes, the eyed endA 11 of the part 9 being pivotally mounted on saidbolt between said sides, and resilient means operatively connected tosaid bar and support.

This resilient means consists of a spring 25 which in the presentinstance is shown as a flat steel spring riveted at one end to j end ofthe bar 7. It will be understood that any other suitable leaf springcould be employed to yieldingly engage the lifting bar in the mannerillustrated.

From the foregoing it will be seen that the two-part support is suchthat it may be Y readily attached to 'one of the finger-guards ofcutting mechanisms of dilferent constructions and adjusted to extend inthe line of travel of the machine, and the parts of this support may bemoved withV respect toeach other to dilferent positions. The lifting barserves to divide and support the crops, holding the uncut crop away fromthe cutting Vmechanism and said bar is yieldingly mounted so as toreadily pass over obstructions in the field.

What I claim as my invention is: Y

1. An attachment of the character described comprising a pair ofoverlapping bars having apertures therein, a bolt passing throughregistering apertures in said bars to V`adjustably secure them together,an apertured bracket carried by one of the bars for receiving the end ofthe finger guard, a flat lifting bar, a bracket secured to said liftingbar and pivotally connected to the bar carrying the apertured bracket, aleaf spring interposed between said lifting bar bracket and the bar towhich it is connected for yieldingly maintaining the front end of saidlifting bar in its lower position, and a stop on the lifting bar bracketengaging the bar' to which it is connected for limiting the movement ofsaid lifting bar.

2. The combination, with a linger guard and finger board of a binder,and means for securing said linger guard to said board, of an attachmentcomprising a pair.V of flat bars overlapping each other for a portion oftheir length and having a plurality of apertures therein and a boltpassingY through Vregistering apertures to adjustably secure said barstogether, one of said bars having an angled end secured to the fingerboard by said finger guard securing means, the other of said bars havingan apertured bracket for receiving the end of the nger guard and an eyedend, a lifting bar, abracket secured to said'lifting bar and havingdependingV sides, a bolt passing through the eyed end FRANK A; BLOCKI.

@opter of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

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